That’s normal for a car from the rust belt. I bought an ’02 Z71 Chevy last year for $400, it ran fine but every body panel except the roof was rusted through and the frame had several spots where it was as thin as tissue paper.

I remember a buddy once bought an old VW and asked me to come for a long visit and help him fix it up. Car looked in nice condition, but up close we discovered that the entire body was simply rust held together by paint. The engine and frame were good but almost all of the body panels were shot. Undeterred, we rebuilt that entire car out of sheet metal. It wasn’t pretty, but it ran for years until he was able to replace it.

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